NDLI: Luminosity functions of LMXBs in different stellar environments

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Author	Z. Zhang M. Gilfanov R. Voss G. R. Sivakoff R. P. Kraft N. J. Brassington A. Kundu A. Jordán C. Sarazin
Abstract	Aims. Based on the archival data from the Chandra observations of nearby galaxies, we study different sub populations of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) – dynamically formed systems in globular clusters (GCs) and in the nucleus of M 31 and (presumably primordial) X-ray binaries in the fields of galaxies. Our aim is to produce accurate luminosity distributions of X-ray binaries in different environments, suitable for quantitative comparison with each other and with the output of population synthesis calculations.Methods. Our sample includes seven nearby galaxies (M 31, Maffei 1, Centaurus A, M 81, NGC 3379, NGC 4697, and NGC 4278) and the Milky Way, which together provide relatively uniform coverage down to the luminosity limit of 10^{35^{erg s^{-1^{. In total we have detected 185 LMXBs associated with GCs, 35 X-ray sources in the nucleus of M 31, and 998 field sources of which ~365 are expected to be background AGN. We combine these data, taking special care to accurately account for X-ray and optical incompleteness corrections and the removal of the contamination from the cosmic X-ray background sources, to produce luminosity distributions of X-ray binaries in different environments to far greater accuracy than has been obtained previously.Results. We found that luminosity distributions of GC and field LMXBs differ throughout the entire luminosity range, the fraction of faint (log (L_{X_{) < 37) sources among the former being ~4 times less than in the field population. The X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of sources in the nucleus of M 31 is similar to that of GC sources at the faint end but differs at the bright end, with the M 31 nucleus hosting significantly fewer bright sources. We discuss the possible origin and potential implications of these results.}}}}}}
Page Count	15
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	00046361
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2011/09/aa16936-11/aa16936-11.html
e-ISSN	14320746
Journal	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume Number	533
DOI	10.1051/0004-6361/201116936
Language	English
Publisher	EDP Sciences
Publisher Date	2011-09-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© ESO, 2011
Subject Keyword	X-rays: binaries globular clusters: general X-rays: binaries / globular clusters: general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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